Dear colleagues, RIPE63 will take place in Vienna between 31st October and 4th November 2011. You are invited to submit proposals for presentations during the EIX Working Group slot. The final meeting plan has not been agreed, so until your chairs have finished wrestling for the prime slots, we can not publish the exact time that EIX-wg will take place. We will do this when the final meeting plan is published. We are looking for : * Extended talks from ISPs on peering issues (15-30 mins) * Extended talks on IXP research/development projects (15-30 mins) We are also looking for : * IXP news from IXPs who are new, or have not presented before at a RIPE meeting (3 mins each) * IXP news from IXPs with new product/research/plans to update the RIPE meeting with (3 mins each). There is immense competition for slots at the RIPE EIX Working Group session, so if you want to present, please get in touch with a synopsis early. Remember too, to register for the meeting at http://ripe63.ripe.net/ Best wishes, Andy and Fearghas